KFC recipe

The handwritten list of 11 herbs and spices, jotted down on the back of a document Joe Ledington described as the will for Claudia Sanders, the Colonel’s second wife.

Roger Eaton, who is now CEO of Yum! Brands’ KFC Division, holds a commemorative representation of the 11 secret herbs and spices at KFC headquarters in 2008 in Louisville, Ky.

Joe Ledington of Corbin, Ky., displays a 1980s photo of him with his uncle, Colonel Harland Sanders, who perfected his world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken in his Corbin cafe. The photo is part of a family album.

The original Sanders Cafe sign is small compared to the newer KFC sign and bucket that tower over the Corbin, Ky., restaurant.

The Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A modern KFC restaurant, foreground, has been added to the Colonel’s original Harland Sanders Cafe in Corbin, Ky.

The original kitchen in which Harland Sanders created the fried chicken that would become a worldwide sensation is preserved inside the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin, Ky.